Week 41, 2025
Notable sales: Oct 6 – 12, 2025
In the week of Oct 6 – 12, 2025, ArtSell recorded 3,574 auction lots, of which 2,818 sold. The 2,631 sales with a published price total $16,798,043, with a median of $1,072. The top result was Irving Penn, “Ginkgo Leaves, New York”, at $567,600 (Phillips, Oct 8, 2025). 10 artists set a new high compared with every earlier result in the database.
Top 25 results
- Ginkgo Leaves, New York, 1990$567,600
- Enigma (Who Knows), 1956-57$495,300
- $283,800
- Gypsies, 1962-1968$283,800
- $279,900
- Rzymianka, 1921 r., 1921$266,266 (PLN 980,000)
- $245,100
- $206,400
- Untitled #470, 2008$206,400
- $193,500
- Bee (A), New York, 1995$193,500
- $180,600
- $154,800
- $141,900
- Photographien, 1973-1993$141,900
- $140,200
- Portfolio VII, 1932-1976$135,450
- $129,000
- $129,000
- $129,000
- Bez tytułu, 1970 r., 1970$127,699 (PLN 470,000)
- $122,550
- $116,100
- $109,650
- $109,650
New artist records
The artist’s best price this week exceeded every earlier priced result for them in the ArtSell database (artists with at least three earlier priced results).
| Artist | Work | Price | Previous high |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irving Penn | Ginkgo Leaves, New York | $567,600 | $355,600 (230 earlier) |
| Josef Koudelka | Gypsies | $283,800 | $40,000 (37 earlier) |
| Omer Mujadžić | Washerwoman (At the Source) | $49,415 | $18,277 (5 earlier) |
| Lucas Samaras | Photo-Transformation (Eye) | $48,640 | $10,625 (27 earlier) |
| Mark Morrisroe | Untitled (John S. and Jonathan) | $45,150 | $40,320 (6 earlier) |
| Menci Clement Crnčić | The Shepherd Admires the View | $31,393 | $11,097 (12 earlier) |
| Ljubo Ivančić | Rainy Landscape | $29,068 | $10,730 (3 earlier) |
| György Kepes | Juliet with Frames | $21,930 | $18,750 (30 earlier) |
| Miljenko Stančić | Peroni | $20,929 | $14,738 (10 earlier) |
| Prairie School | Cabinet | $15,240 | $3,780 (11 earlier) |
Most active artists
Artists with the most priced sales this week.
Irving Penn (68 sold · $4.9M)Frank Lloyd Wright (30 sold · $312k)Gertrud and Otto Natzler (19 sold · $49.9k)Ethelbert White (18 sold · $19.6k)Toshiko Takaezu (17 sold · $134k)Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (17 sold · $156k)Karl Scheid (16 sold · $16k)Gerald Weigel (15 sold · $20.3k)Otto Meier (14 sold · $6.9k)Rufino Tamayo (14 sold · $56.1k)
Generated from the auction results recorded in ArtSell for sales held Oct 6 – 12, 2025 (by sale date). Prices are converted to USD at the sale-date rate; the original currency is shown in brackets. Results that houses publish later are added as they arrive. ArtSell is a database of auction results; it does not authenticate or value works.